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To: RetiredNow who wrote (3375)	12/6/2008 7:14:52 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

I'l continue to believe the hurricane experts I cited. This is a prime example of where people select bogus "evidence" for what they wish to believe.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (3375)	12/6/2008 9:05:57 PM
From: Eric	Respond to of 86355

Well the vast majority of atmospheric scientists agree that water temperature does determining some aspects of hurricane strength. That is actually very well documented and accepted at this time. I was invited to a very good lecture last Thursday night at the University of Washington. Cliff Mass Phd, the associate head of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences gave a lecture to almost 750 folks (mostly from various scientific fields) on his latest book "Severe Weather in the Northwest". It was good to see someone on campus that I met while I worked for KCTS ch 9 26 years ago. The Atmospheric Sciences dept building was just behind the KCTS Ch 9 studios where I worked. Here is some info on his lecture: Meteorologist Cliff Mass examines Pacific Northwest weather in his new book A new book from UW meteorologist Cliff Mass captures the drama of Northwest weather and explains it in layman's terms — backed by up-to-date science. seattletimes.nwsource.com I lived through the famous Columbus Day storm in 1962. I was 11 years old at the time and I'll never forget it. Enough trees were blown down in the Northwest to build all the homes that existed in the United States at that time. It was estimated that winds went to over 200 mph in places. So many anemometers were destroyed that we could not get a true measure of the peak winds some places where they failed.